Italian app studio Bending Spoons, which has acquired companies like Eventbrite, Vimeo, and WeTransfer in recent times, has filed to go public within the U.S. The corporate joins different names like SpaceX and Anthropic which can be getting ready to IPO this summer time.
The corporate stated it has over 500 million month-to-month energetic customers throughout its apps, with 9 million paying clients. Up to now, it has remodeled 50 acquisitions, together with AOL, Eventbrite, Vimeo, Komoot, WeTransfer, Evernote, and Brightcove.
In its submitting with the Securities and Trade Fee, Bending Spoons stated it ended the 12 months with $1.31 billion in income and has generated $601 million in Q1, a 132% year-on-year soar. The corporate will get the vast majority of its income from subscriptions, which account for 84% of its enterprise. It generated $27.4 million in revenue in Q1 2026.
The corporate raised funding at a $11 billion valuation final 12 months, up from $2.8 billion in 2024. In April, Reuters reported that the corporate may search a $20 billion valuation with the IPO.
Funding administration agency Baillie Gifford holds a giant chunk of the corporate, with different establishments resembling Cox Enterprises, Sturdy Capital Companions, and Constancy additionally on the record of backers.
Bending Spoons usually acquires a property whose enterprise just isn’t in a wholesome state, trims the groups, and pushes it to profitability with completely different sorts of subscription constructions.
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